Decaf Colombian Coffee – El Vergel Estate

Origin: Colombia Region:  Tolima Elevation: 1500 MASL Farm/Farmer: El Vergel Estate, Elias & Shady Bayter Varietal: Red & Yellow Caturra Decaffeination Process: Ethel Acetate Tasting Notes: Vanilla, Panella, Dark Chocolate, Apple, Stone Fruit We have been sourcing from the El Vergel Estate for a few years, and what began as an avocado farm in 1995, started by the parents of Elias and Shady Bayter, has become so much more. After disease severely affected the avocado crop in 2006, their mother, Martha, decided to diversify and plant a few varieties of coffee tree. Initially planting Catimore, Red Caturra, and Yellow Caturra, the desire for knowledge came next. Learning about coffee processing equipment, methods, and how to establish El Vergel in the Colombia specialty coffee scene. Around 10 years later, At the recommendation of Miguel Jimenez, they began to plant  Geisha, Java, Pacamara, and Red Bourbon, releasing the first harvest from these premium varieties in 2017. Since then the farm has modernized, creating an environment for the Bayter family to push the boundaries of coffee processing, from introducing Natural processing on the estate in 2018, to learning more about aerobic and anaerobic fermentation, and developing the unique Koji processing method. Their continued research and experimentation with controlled fermentation will keep pushing the evolution of coffee, and we will keep bringing the coffee in to share with you. This bean is decaffeinated using Ethel Acetate Sold on Presta Coffee (https://prestacoffee.com/products/decaf-colombia-el-vergel). The price shown is the retail price on that storefront on 2026-10-20, not a GreenB2B quote or a wholesale price.